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he used to be with a number mexicos. do a google with his statement he'll come up. >> need more than just what is in the debates. >> thank you very much. yes? >> good afternoon. my -- actually it's not so much a question as it is a proclaimation that there seems to be a lot of peacemakers who have made very deep steps in the peace process at the beginning, and they held out for so very long, it seemed to me, and it really kind of went beyond gandhi's civil disobedience in into akind of melee, and i suppose that those people should -- are they worthy of a claim? or did that in fact happen? >> did -- you mean the opposition or -- >> with people who resisted without being violent. >> oh, yeah. there were a number of protesters in syria. this largely started out as peaceful protests. they were sprinkled with some militant elements but the regime as i mentioned earlier -- in syria it's a security state. and i've dealt with these guys. they come after me on the littlest things, and it's a convulsive push button response. so, w
he used to be with a number mexicos. do a google with his statement he'll come up. >> need more than just what is in the debates. >> thank you very much. yes? >> good afternoon. my -- actually it's not so much a question as it is a proclaimation that there seems to be a lot of peacemakers who have made very deep steps in the peace process at the beginning, and they held out for so very long, it seemed to me, and it really kind of went beyond gandhi's civil disobedience in into...
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they've obviously never used it. i don't believe that any nation, which has any sense that i would ever dare to use that in the environment that is the middle east today. i think it is a preposterous notion. if you've ever been to hear it shina, you will see what that's an incredible devastation it is feared i don't think any nation can ever consider, nevermind the blessing they do on an ongoing basis. my question to you is i think a lot of basic obfuscation is as far as i'm concerned, what is that it to the palestinian people? what kind of future do they face? there was an attack from palestinian centuries long a few days ago or a few weeks ago. tonight is the end result of israel's policy of the last 20 or 30 or 40 years. i've been a lifelong sinus and igc and israel that is more and more isolated and more and more surrounded the enemies to an even greater degree. i'd just like to now, will the day come when there will be peace? ever be given up the fact that would be in my lifetime. israel will go down fighting. t
they've obviously never used it. i don't believe that any nation, which has any sense that i would ever dare to use that in the environment that is the middle east today. i think it is a preposterous notion. if you've ever been to hear it shina, you will see what that's an incredible devastation it is feared i don't think any nation can ever consider, nevermind the blessing they do on an ongoing basis. my question to you is i think a lot of basic obfuscation is as far as i'm concerned, what is...
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. >> good evening, welcome and thank you for joining us. my name is richard fontaine. i'm the president for the center of new american security. it's a pleasure to welcome you all here to celebrate the publication of robert kaplan's new book the reason geography what they tell us about the coming conflict in the battle against the state. i've heard it said before that you all very great author by reading his books not by buying them -- they will be sold on the stage in this room back here. bald kaplan's work is known no doubt why this audience. he's been a senior fellow and in march of 2008 a foreign correspondent for the atlantic for about a quarter of a century and is currently the chief geopolitical analyst. i first became acquainted with his writing during his book with traces of history of the tight midwesterners living and working in the middle east. and since that book, the very titles of his work goes to the coming anarchy have provoked the debate. the recent book of american power has become acquired reading by those interested in the strategic competition in
. >> good evening, welcome and thank you for joining us. my name is richard fontaine. i'm the president for the center of new american security. it's a pleasure to welcome you all here to celebrate the publication of robert kaplan's new book the reason geography what they tell us about the coming conflict in the battle against the state. i've heard it said before that you all very great author by reading his books not by buying them -- they will be sold on the stage in this room back...
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palestinians use the word zionism. so to say we want to honor and keep our focus on palestinians but don't you dare use that word seems to me hypocritical and wrong. [applause] so, because it's not really just about what we say as speakers, it's about what palestinians are -- you know, we're not the only speakers out there. i totally agree that we need to reach out to diverse audiences, to bring people along in some cases, to meet them with they're at to, you know, invite them on that journey, but where is our breaking point? and that is -- and i believe our breaking point is when we begin to, when we begin to lose sight of the fundamental basic rights of palestinians. [applause] >> so, um, thanks, anna. so as you can see, not only are jews not united on israel, they're not united in the way they oppose israel. [laughter] i want to follow up on norman's point about the question of audience. norman is arguing that talk of zionism, risks alienating the audience, boring the audience and that it's just not very practical t
palestinians use the word zionism. so to say we want to honor and keep our focus on palestinians but don't you dare use that word seems to me hypocritical and wrong. [applause] so, because it's not really just about what we say as speakers, it's about what palestinians are -- you know, we're not the only speakers out there. i totally agree that we need to reach out to diverse audiences, to bring people along in some cases, to meet them with they're at to, you know, invite them on that journey,...
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and i like the one that the late mo udall used to use. he would say, lord, give us the wisdom to use words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. probably a pearl of wisdom that susan rice probably thinks today she would like to have taken with her into that hearing a few months ago. a book called "the world of trouble" published in 2009 by farrar, i wrote about american presidents from eisenhower to ford and how each tried to understand the middle east and how each tried to impose a surprisingly discontinuous agenda with often tragic results. and while that book is about america's political system, "fortress israel" is a biography of israel's political culture which is an undertaking one has to take -- make with humility as an american. going back to tel aviv over several years driving up the hill to jerusalem and up and down that mediterranean landscape, i became fascinated with how the generals and the intelligence chiefs and the political figures of the ruling elite look out at the world and how strong what
and i like the one that the late mo udall used to use. he would say, lord, give us the wisdom to use words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. probably a pearl of wisdom that susan rice probably thinks today she would like to have taken with her into that hearing a few months ago. a book called "the world of trouble" published in 2009 by farrar, i wrote about american presidents from eisenhower to ford and how each tried to understand the middle east and...
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welcome, and thank you for joining us. my name is richard fontaine, i'm the president of the center for new american security. it's a real pleasure to welcome you all here tonight to celebrate the publication of senior fellow tom ricks' new book "the generals: american military command from world war ii to today." speaking of books, it'd hardly be a launch event if we didn't have some for sale, and we do, so if you're interested, tom's volume will be on sale after the event, if you haven't already picked up one -- which i see some of you have -- in the ballroom lobby. tom ricks has been a member of the cns family for a while. he writes a widely-read blog called "the best defense" which won the 2010 national magazine award for best blog of the year. he's well known for his book "fiasco" and for the follow-up, "the gamble: general petraeus and the american military adventure in iraq." tom spent 17 years as a reporter covering the u.s. military for "the wall street journal" and another eight for "the washington post". in the
welcome, and thank you for joining us. my name is richard fontaine, i'm the president of the center for new american security. it's a real pleasure to welcome you all here tonight to celebrate the publication of senior fellow tom ricks' new book "the generals: american military command from world war ii to today." speaking of books, it'd hardly be a launch event if we didn't have some for sale, and we do, so if you're interested, tom's volume will be on sale after the event, if you...
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. >> is it coincidental uses direct consignment was that on purpose? >> he has a personal passion for the school because of his family connections. >> i can come in the american university, or who runs the? >> faculty air missile easterners. the vast majority of students. >> is it associated with religion, another school? >> is deliberately secular nonsectarian. >> what does it cost to go their four-year? >> i have no idea. >> what would it cost and reverend bliss this day. >> i don't thought that either come over 10 and open a store not offspring and delete, but to people of all ethnicities, classes and that's its appeal, it's mary. >> how is it viewed in the middle east and how is it the reverend bliss opened it? >> all-star with the chronologically earlier one first. there's a lot of suspicion when the school opened in the 1860s. this is run by christian missionaries, americans who didn't have very deep roots in the region, but rather quickly it became apparent to middle easterners who are not just orthodox christians, but this is the best place to
. >> is it coincidental uses direct consignment was that on purpose? >> he has a personal passion for the school because of his family connections. >> i can come in the american university, or who runs the? >> faculty air missile easterners. the vast majority of students. >> is it associated with religion, another school? >> is deliberately secular nonsectarian. >> what does it cost to go their four-year? >> i have no idea. >> what would it...
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of freedom on her own property but prince philip has had more latitude to get out and about and he used to drive about london in his own taxicab and would wear a chauffeur's cap and his protection officer would sit in the back seat. he would love to drive around and being undetected. the clean gets out more than you imagine to have dinner at her friend's home and to have dinner in somebody's kitchen or the older ones who don't have as much money any more, she will go there was just one protection officer. gives her some measure as well. >>host: kansas you are on with sally bedell smith. >> caller: i enjoyed reading your book on princess diana you wrote shortly after she passed away. with your book on the queen did you discover more about her relationship with diana and how you would describe the relationship with princess diana? >>guest: i did discover more. in 1998 shortly after her death that story was from the perspective of diana. but she was very young and immature when she became the princess of wales. the queen made a point* to say she had an open door and she could talk to her,
of freedom on her own property but prince philip has had more latitude to get out and about and he used to drive about london in his own taxicab and would wear a chauffeur's cap and his protection officer would sit in the back seat. he would love to drive around and being undetected. the clean gets out more than you imagine to have dinner at her friend's home and to have dinner in somebody's kitchen or the older ones who don't have as much money any more, she will go there was just one...
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i know that many of us have questions. as the way into the microphone comes to you identify yourself. >> yes. we hear a lot about tribal militias wreaking unpredictable havoc here and there and making things very and predictable and messy. can you comment on that. >> well, the militias are certainly making things complicated and messy. that is sure. essentially the revolution was one in pockets. each region basically has its own militia. many regions have their own -- of course our region is usually tied to a trouble identity which then can be used as a trigger for conflict with neighboring tribal identity. for example, very much in the news, the coastal town in the center of the coast there suffered shelling, relentless shelling by loyalist forces for many weeks. that created a tremendous degree of resentment and essentially this is now a conflict, renewed conflict between the militias and the town which is a a loyalist stronghold. those kinds of tensions can easily -- the fear is that they will spread to other areas. the
i know that many of us have questions. as the way into the microphone comes to you identify yourself. >> yes. we hear a lot about tribal militias wreaking unpredictable havoc here and there and making things very and predictable and messy. can you comment on that. >> well, the militias are certainly making things complicated and messy. that is sure. essentially the revolution was one in pockets. each region basically has its own militia. many regions have their own -- of course our...
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the older one stone toolkit was extraordinary useful and translated us to homo sapiens. without it we wouldn't be where we are today and it has hung around for 750,000 years without very much changing. but in every tool is also elimination. every tool is a tool with which you will someday make the tool that will make that tool not obsolete but put it in a small corner of your toolkit. modern mathematics and the stone toolkit of science and it is just beginning. it is primitive and until it deals with how the cosmos creates, how those electron shells came to be from nothingness and until it deals with those things that ain't science yet. it's your job in my job to make it less primitive. is that it? you have been wonderful. i've had i have had a tryptic time with you all and i really appreciate the energy that you have given me. thank you for coming. it's been really a delight. [applause] next on booktv, lela gilbert a christian describes her experiences in israel where she has lived off and on since 2006. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome.
the older one stone toolkit was extraordinary useful and translated us to homo sapiens. without it we wouldn't be where we are today and it has hung around for 750,000 years without very much changing. but in every tool is also elimination. every tool is a tool with which you will someday make the tool that will make that tool not obsolete but put it in a small corner of your toolkit. modern mathematics and the stone toolkit of science and it is just beginning. it is primitive and until it...
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so he used deception. he used intelligence, ultra- codebreakers. and just as important he had a very high tolerance for mistakes in intelligence. he understood that intelligence is hard to do. you're going to make mistakes, covert action is hard. you going to make mistakes, so he had a hide -- he had a high tolerance for. perhaps too high. because initially the cia did have -- today, we don't feel all that great about those operations, but in 1953-54 it looked like we're getting with communism pretty cheaply and efficiently. he gave his cia a lot of roe. they started doing less well by, there's a failed coup in indonesia in 1958, a botched cue in syria i think and 57. and eisenhower's own advisers quietly start telling him the problems here, the father of the -- [inaudible] then like bob lovett and david bruce, smart guys. you've got a problem. and he says, you know, and you to get rid of dulles, allen does. his brother, john foster dulles, sector essay, a little harder to fire him, but more importantly, ike said it takes a strange kind of genius t
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like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> from the 12 and a national book festival in washington, d.c., and interview a national viewer phone calls with "washington post" senior correspondent an associate editor rajiv chandrasekeran who discusses his book "little america: the war within the war for afghanistan." it's about 20 minutes. >> we are back live at the national book festival here in washington, d.c. this is day one of two days of coverage. the book festival has now expanded to two days, and booktv will be live both days. if you want to see our full schedule go to booktv.org. we are pleased now to be joined here on our booktv set with rajiv chandrasekeran, an associate editor at the "washington post," and most recently the author of this book, "little america," about the war in afghanistan. wicked the term little america come from? >> little america came from this remarkable project in the 1950s, led by teams of american engineers to develo
like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> from the 12 and a national book festival in washington, d.c., and interview a national viewer phone calls with "washington post" senior correspondent an associate editor rajiv chandrasekeran who discusses his book "little america: the war within the war for afghanistan." it's about 20 minutes. >> we are back live at the national book...
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[applause] i invite the rest of you to join us in continuing the conversation. [applause] >> thank you. >> very good. >> it was okay? >> no, no, it was very good. you raised a lot. >> so the title of the book is "dilemmas of representation," and it's about a couple things. it is about the limits of representation. i reallimented to show -- i was really interested in representation, and i wanted to show that when members of congress, quote, represent their districts, that representation can really mean a lot of different things to different congress people. it's not one size fits all, and i really wanted to show the choices, members of congress were making, and i reallimented the reader to think -- really wanted the reader to think, so of all of those choices what style of representation does the reader think is best? that's one of the advantages of profiling ten members of congress. they were only ten members of congress, but you really could get an in-depth picture in terms of local, national distinction, which i wrote down in a lot of different ways so, you kn
[applause] i invite the rest of you to join us in continuing the conversation. [applause] >> thank you. >> very good. >> it was okay? >> no, no, it was very good. you raised a lot. >> so the title of the book is "dilemmas of representation," and it's about a couple things. it is about the limits of representation. i reallimented to show -- i was really interested in representation, and i wanted to show that when members of congress, quote, represent their...
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tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >>> and now joining us on booktv is an old washington hand and that is ambassador stewart. he's an author, the future of jews is the name of the book. ambassador, why are you writing a book about the future of the jews? >> we have survived 3,000 years of calamityies and we survived and leave thrived and contributed to societies even those that didn't want us. now we have a whole new set of 21st century challenges, and the question is having survived those terrible times, can we now survive prosperity, success, and integration? and i look at this from two perspective, the global forces that affect america, american jews, and israel, everything from the shift of power to united states and the west to china and the east hours of globalization in the digital era. how to deal with the 1.6 muslims in the world, the threat of iranian nuclear power, and i also look at internal threats, low birthrates, assimilation, and again, whether we can, in effect, succeed at the time when we are more successful than ever in being integrated to our society. it's
tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >>> and now joining us on booktv is an old washington hand and that is ambassador stewart. he's an author, the future of jews is the name of the book. ambassador, why are you writing a book about the future of the jews? >> we have survived 3,000 years of calamityies and we survived and leave thrived and contributed to societies even those that didn't want us. now we have a whole new set of 21st century challenges, and the question is...
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she said, use you the word fighter in almost every entry. the the dalai lama's entry, and i guess show mist lack of command of the english language, but the truth is i want my daughter to learn how to fight. i don't apologize for that. i want her to learn how to fight. i want her to know if she wants something, she should fight for it and if she seize injustice, she should fight hard. i say, don't by the princess waiting for the prince to rescue you. you can rescue yourself. so i changed the word fighter to other words but over and over i realized i kept pick fighters for my daughter. >> host: there are a few men in "heroes for my daughter" including randy pausch. >> guest: it's a double-dollar standard. when i did "heros for my son" of course i included women. and a lot of people said they were surprised there were men in "heroes for my daughter." of course women can be horses today. randy -- many people saw his last lick tour, dying of pancreatic cancer, and one of my dear friends when i was looking on this book was guy who wrote the last
she said, use you the word fighter in almost every entry. the the dalai lama's entry, and i guess show mist lack of command of the english language, but the truth is i want my daughter to learn how to fight. i don't apologize for that. i want her to learn how to fight. i want her to know if she wants something, she should fight for it and if she seize injustice, she should fight hard. i say, don't by the princess waiting for the prince to rescue you. you can rescue yourself. so i changed the...
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thank you so much for everyone joining us today and we will see you outside. .. was a very tough irish catholic, italian catholic town from a very traditional in many ways in the first beta of hippies that came to the city really have the drawbridge pulled up on them. many of the kids can get treatment with a drug problems and other medical problems. they were given the cold shoulder by the city officials, the cops harassed them. so that was only the beginning of what became the very first culture were anything great here in san francisco. america's first culture where was the civil work in the disco is of between these new forces, social forces that began sweeping the city in the 1960s and 1970s with gays. one step work really took hold, and became quite bloody. i written about the so-called san francisco values weren't born with flowers in their hair. they were born howling. the book i should say does have a happy ending because the city ultimately trying triads. it resolves these differences after very brutal times and with the help of then mayor who is not te
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up, but they have to use tactics that the soviets use against us in the 1930s and 40s, and, in fact, if you go on the internet, and i challenge you to do that, google what the left says about challenges to the infiltration of islam terrorists into american institutions, that what you find is ridiculed. you'll real when several members of congress raised the issue of hillary clinton's top aide having islamic brotherhood connections, that the ridicule was profound, and that, in fact, this one fbi agent told me you cannot get even the question of infiltration by islamist terrorists into american institutions past the censors if you will, and that we are basically of the same position we were that, i guess, that at the time. comments? >> it's rude to raise such a subject, isn't it, elliot? rude that anti-communism was considered rude, rubbish, disrespectable, and members of the rotary, for example, raised anti-communism points. you know, national review was anti-communist, and it's rude to discuss these issues, isn't it? >> i think there are differences, i would say, one is that a case w
up, but they have to use tactics that the soviets use against us in the 1930s and 40s, and, in fact, if you go on the internet, and i challenge you to do that, google what the left says about challenges to the infiltration of islam terrorists into american institutions, that what you find is ridiculed. you'll real when several members of congress raised the issue of hillary clinton's top aide having islamic brotherhood connections, that the ridicule was profound, and that, in fact, this one fbi...
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so i don't think they're going to use chemical weapons. the fear is, though, if the regime -- if the opposition gains the upper hand, if the regime is on its last legs will they want to go down in flames or will they want to launch a chemical attack against israel, for instance, desperately trying to turn a domestic conflict into an arab israeli war that will take the pressure off them for a little bit, coe aless the people around israel and soing for. that's the dooms day scenario. >> wonderful, thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> this event took place at the 17th annual book festival in austin, texas. for more information, visit i was working for general nick nicholson doing really cool things, supporting my country. maybe i should write a book. really? compared to ben wagner? really? compared to jacob salvi as an f-18 pilot. mehgan barley. so the stories in this book were exceptional and i knew that my role as class president 2002 i could connect the dots and bring the personalities together to weave together a book that cou
so i don't think they're going to use chemical weapons. the fear is, though, if the regime -- if the opposition gains the upper hand, if the regime is on its last legs will they want to go down in flames or will they want to launch a chemical attack against israel, for instance, desperately trying to turn a domestic conflict into an arab israeli war that will take the pressure off them for a little bit, coe aless the people around israel and soing for. that's the dooms day scenario. >>...
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you can tweet us at booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail, booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> you don't always find newspapers in bracing investigative reporting. the point we have seen over the years is not just economics but the discomfort investors reporting often causes in the newsroom because it is troublesome. more than economics. if you ruffled the feathers of somebody powerful that gets those people running in to complain to the publisher and their stories are legion of the years about those things happening and we are fortunate and almost all our careers to work for people who are strong and the price in that area and that the chips fall where they may. >> pulitzer prize-winning investigative team of james steel and donald barr laws will take your e-mails and tweets on in death. the pair who began a collaborative work and the 70s are the co-authors of eight books, the latest, the betrayal of the american dream. watch live sunday january 6th at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> you are watching the tv on c-span2 and we are at the nation
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he always makes us feel better. so bobby picked up the phone to call him dad in palm beach and he got on the phone and supple, guys, this is terrible. this is a fiasco. this is a debacle. but it is the beginning of the four-year term. by the time you get to the end, everyone will have forgot. the fact that you apologize, the american people love that. you watch her polls go weeks. kennedy was right. bobby was right. they felt better than the posted code talk in two weeks. i was the kind of father he was. one of the reasons he enjoyed writing the book was a response that distressed me from beginning to end. anti-semitism, appeasement, ruthless stock market, racketeering, the lobotomy that i never understood in cutting rosemary off. but his relationship with all the children, including rosemary off to those last years was truly remarkable. someone that up without, i thank you all for your attention. [applause] >> many publications putting together year-end lists of notable list. booktv will features several nonfiction
he always makes us feel better. so bobby picked up the phone to call him dad in palm beach and he got on the phone and supple, guys, this is terrible. this is a fiasco. this is a debacle. but it is the beginning of the four-year term. by the time you get to the end, everyone will have forgot. the fact that you apologize, the american people love that. you watch her polls go weeks. kennedy was right. bobby was right. they felt better than the posted code talk in two weeks. i was the kind of...
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told anyone whether he would actually use them. he could not, of course, or the threat would not be credible. talk about the loneliness of command. ike knew about the command from the north after -- africa campaign, d-day, germany, and liberation of europe. ike smoked four packs a day as a general, quit cold turkey in 1949. he gave himself an order to quit, he said. he had a heart attack in 1955, and operation in 1956, a small stroke in 1957, doctors worried about the blood pressure and ordering him to worry less. what do they they the job is, he said? he tried to relax playing golf. he played 800 times as president, a record, but golf was the wrong game for a perfectionist. he was grim on the course, and once through a chipping wedge at a doctor, howard snyder, when snyder tried to make him feel better about a shot from the bunker. he had a tumper. his mother would quote the bible saying he the conquer their own soul is greater than he who takes a city. ike would say his mother taught him how to control the temper. one of the aids
told anyone whether he would actually use them. he could not, of course, or the threat would not be credible. talk about the loneliness of command. ike knew about the command from the north after -- africa campaign, d-day, germany, and liberation of europe. ike smoked four packs a day as a general, quit cold turkey in 1949. he gave himself an order to quit, he said. he had a heart attack in 1955, and operation in 1956, a small stroke in 1957, doctors worried about the blood pressure and...
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he'll make us feel better. he always makes us feel better. so bobby picked up the phone to call dad in palm beach, and dad got on the phone, and he said, look, guys, it's terrible. this was a fiasco. this was a debacle. but it was at the beginning of your four-year term. and can by the time you get to the end, everybody will have forgotten. [laughter] and the fact that you apologized, jack, the american people love that. you watch, your polls will go up in two weeks. and kennedy was right. kennedy, the father. and bobby was right, they felt better. and the polls did go up in two weeks. that was the kind of father he was. and one of the reasons i enjoyed writing the this book, there was lots to distress me from beginning to end; the anti-semitism, the appeasement, the isolationism, the ruthless stock market racketeering, the lobotomy that i never understood and the cutting rosemary off. but his relationship with all of the children including rosemary up to that last, those last years was truly remarkable. so on that up note, i thank you all fo
he'll make us feel better. he always makes us feel better. so bobby picked up the phone to call dad in palm beach, and dad got on the phone, and he said, look, guys, it's terrible. this was a fiasco. this was a debacle. but it was at the beginning of your four-year term. and can by the time you get to the end, everybody will have forgotten. [laughter] and the fact that you apologized, jack, the american people love that. you watch, your polls will go up in two weeks. and kennedy was right....
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do you want to tell us about that? it breaks my heart personally, and as a veteran of the vietnam war, i see the next ten years we drift. we don't take advantage of the possibles with the soviet union, to keep it stable. we privatize with russia and then by the time the bush 43 comes in, it's not only squandered but the nightmare begins. so it's heartbreaking. >> did you want to comment? >> we see it as a lost opportunity. there's a lot of lost opportunities in the 20th 20th century, in march 5, 1965, when stall yip dies, the stove yet leaders reach out the united states and talk about ending the colored war at that point, and eisenhower gives into dulles. eisenhower makes a great speech, and then dulles refutes it two days later, and the united states takes a hardline cold war policy when had -- a lot of chances to reverse things. and in 1989 was another one. "the new york times" talked about the winds of peace blowing across the world in 1989. gorbachev is reach ought and bush doesn't reciprocate, meet him halfway, a
do you want to tell us about that? it breaks my heart personally, and as a veteran of the vietnam war, i see the next ten years we drift. we don't take advantage of the possibles with the soviet union, to keep it stable. we privatize with russia and then by the time the bush 43 comes in, it's not only squandered but the nightmare begins. so it's heartbreaking. >> did you want to comment? >> we see it as a lost opportunity. there's a lot of lost opportunities in the 20th 20th...
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jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war lasted how long? >> well, for the british and french, it lasted about three days. the israelis it continued a little bit longer, about three, four days because israel started it. the invasion of the suez canal occurred on november 3 or 4 and israel launched their attack on the 29th of october. >> who led the country then? >> david was the prime minister. >> where were people like ariel sharon? were they involved? >> ariel sharon was involved in a very controversial action. this gets complicated, right. as part of the deal with britain and france and israel, israel was to create a forward faint at the suez canal by dropping paratroopers in and around the mitlah pass. it's the pass that leads from sinai, the interior of sinai to the canal zone. britain and france would issue an ultimatum to israel and egypt saying in order to protect the canal, israel and egypt were to remove their forces from the proximity of the canal within 24 hour
jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war lasted how long? >> well, for the british and french, it lasted about three days. the israelis it continued a little bit longer, about three, four days because israel started it. the invasion of the suez canal occurred on november 3 or 4 and israel launched their attack on the 29th of october. >> who led the country then? >> david was the prime...
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he missed his friends because they all used to hang out together. he was -- >> but it's a rare thing to speak aramaic. as your native tongue. there's two villages in syria and i really think people left in iraq anymore. >> just the churches. the letter g. >> the liturgy, you. >> this old man was interesting, too, because he told a story about before he left and went to israel, he was a priest at a church that was devoted to st. mary, and danny feast of st. clare every year. this one particular year, for covered women, covered in black came to the feast, and after they finished eating they went to him. and the kennedy was mixed and l. came to the feast. at that time it wasn't so hostile between religious groups. that asked if they could go in the church. he had the key and he said sure. they opened the church and they went in and they pulled off their veils, they fold up -- pulled off their taste conference. they wept and prayed. he's watching this trying to understand what's going on. when they have completed their prayers, they got ready to come in
he missed his friends because they all used to hang out together. he was -- >> but it's a rare thing to speak aramaic. as your native tongue. there's two villages in syria and i really think people left in iraq anymore. >> just the churches. the letter g. >> the liturgy, you. >> this old man was interesting, too, because he told a story about before he left and went to israel, he was a priest at a church that was devoted to st. mary, and danny feast of st. clare every...